The theory is that birth is prompted...

The theory is that birth is prompted

by the child’s desire to leave the womb.

But in the photograph an unborn horse’s

neck strains inward w/legs scooped out.

From this everything follows:

Swallow milk at the breast

until there’s no milk.

Squeeze wealth at the rim

Until tile pools claim it.

He swallows seed, his pride

until w/pale mouth legs

she sucks the root, dreading

world to devour child.

Doesn’t the ground swallow me

when I die, or the sea

if I die at sea?